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UMBRELLA. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1914.

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UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, X9l4- 1 04,864. Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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JOHN WESLEY MCGOWAN, OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIO.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14,1916.

Application filed May 4, 1914. Serial No. 836,253.

To all whomz't mag concern Be it lmown that I, JOHN W. MCGOWAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in umbrellas and has for itsobject to provide an umbrella having an extensible 'section.

Another object of the invention is to provide an umbrella having aslidable extension connected thereto.

Still another object of my invention is to provide an umbrella having aportion adapted to extend below the edge thereof.

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is aperspectiveview of my improved umbrella. Fig. 2, is a fragmental,sectional view thereof. Fig. 3, is a sectional elevational view of thedevice showing the extensible member in raised position. Fig. 4, is adetail elevational view of a frame for the extensible member, shownextended. Fig. 5, is a view similar to Fig. 4, the device being showncollapsed. Fig. 6, is a sectional elevational view of an umbrellashowing a modification of my invention. Fig. 7, is a vertical sectionalview of an extension member.

Like characters of reference designate like or corresponding partsthroughout the different views, in which 1, indicates an umbrella havingribs 4 and 5, upon which a collapsible frame 6, is slidable by means ofeyes 7 and 8, 9 and 10, on the arms 11 and 12, thereof. The arms 11 and12, are connected by means of a transverse member 13, said memberconsisting of a pair of arms 14 and 15, hingedly connected at 16,whereby the frame 6, may be folded as indicated in Fig. 5. Mounted onthe frame 6 is a cover 17, made ofthe same material as the cover 18 ofthe umbrella 1. A preferably elastic band-19 connects the upper ends 20and 21 of the arms 11 and 12. The two separated eyes 7 and 8, on the arm11, and 9 and 10, on the arm 12, hold said arms normally rigidlyconnected with the ribs 4 and 5, however, permitting said arms 11 and12, to be slidable on said ribs 4 and 5, whereby the shield 22, may bedrawn down to extend below the edge 23 of the umbrella cover, in orderto more fully shield a person from the rain,'which may be falling at anangle rather than vertically, or to shield said person from theangularly projecting rays of the sun. On raising the shield to itsuppermost position within the umbrella as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, theelastic band 19, will crimp the upper edge 24 of said shield and preventit from bagging.

In order to fold the device when the umbrella is folded all that isnecessary to do is to force the central or hinged portion 16 of the arms14 and 15, upwardly against the tension of the cloth 17 which connectsthe arms 11 and 12.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I show a modification of my invention in which theshield 26 is stretched between the sliding ribs 26 and 27, which areslidably held to the ribs 28 and 29, of the umbrella 30, by means of theeyes 31, 32, and 33, the eyes 31 and 32, being below the joints 34 andthe eye 33 above said joint. The upper edge of the shield 25 is mountedupon an elastic band 35, for the purpose previously explained inconnection with the device shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim as newand secure by Letters Patent is 1. An umbrella having ribs and a shieldslidably mounted upon said ribs, said shield being adapted to extendbelow the edge of said umbrella, said shield being flexible, meanswherebysaid shield may be held taut, and means whereby said upper edgeof said shield may be gathered when in a raised position, said firstmeans consisting of a frame, said frame being foldable, said secondmeans consisting of an elastic support for the upper edge of saidshield.

2. In combination with an umbrella having ribs, a shield slidablymounted upon said ribs, means for gathering the upper edge of saidshield as it is raised within said umbrella, means whereby said shieldis rigidly supported upon said ribs, and said means consisting of rodsupon which said shield is mounted.

3. In combination with an umbrella having ribs, a shield slidablymounted upon said ribs, means for gathering the upper edge of saidshield as it is raised Within said In testimony whereof I affix mysignature umbrella, means whereby said shield is rigin presence of twowitnesses.

idly supported upon said ribs, said means JOHN WESLEY MGGOVVAN. 7consisting of rods upon Which said shield is Witnesses: i 5 mounted, andeach of said rods having two HENRY VOLF,

spaced apart eyes engaging said ribs. ALEX. J. \VEDDERBURN, Jr.

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